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Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS

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RUNSTATS to Always Sample at least one row

Modify RUNSTATS utility to always sample at least one row of every non-empty TS/partition event when TABLESAMPLE number is low.
29 days ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Submitted

Allow use of REORG DISCARD for DSNDB06.SYSTSUTL

The SYSIBM.SYSUTILITIES is going to require pruning -- and presumably SYSIBM.SYSOBJEVENTS will as well. With row-level locking, doing a mass delete to purge unneeded history objects could become an issue with too many held locks and would likely r...
2 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Submitted

Allow a MASS DELETE as a recovery point for a tablespace

As we discussed in case TS019823289, we believe it's necessary to be able to use a MASS DELETE (recorded in SYSCOPY) as a recovery point for a tablespace. This would avoid reading large amounts of log files that, in our view, aren't necessary. We ...
3 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Submitted

CHECK utility SHRLEVEL CHANGE with less dataset privileges

To run CHECK utility with SHRLEVEL CHANGE you need ALTER privilege to the VSAM dataset where the table-, LOB- or index data are stored as the shadow dataset is created with almost the same name as the original. This also mean that the user will be...
4 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Submitted

Enable of changing SWITCHTIME in REORG by ALTER command

SWITCHTIME command in REORG is valuable parameter to control the timing to cancel AREOR status. However, the value is not changeable from the one which is determined when REORG is executed. To increase its flexibility, we request you to be able to...
5 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Submitted

Enhance message DSNU180I with job name

When a utility collides with another utility we get message DSNU180I. It would help a lot it that message included the job name for the other utility execution. In our current case a COPY could not run as it is not compatible with the LOAD utility...
6 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Future consideration

REORG DISCARD for RTS history tables

The history data collected in SYSTABSPACESTATS_H and SYSIXSPACESTATSS_H are filled so quickly and causes huge impact on catalog and directory storage group. However the only maintenance mechanism available at the moment is delete command with wher...
7 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 0 Future consideration

REORG DISCARD for utility-history-tables

We tried to establish a Housekeeping for the utility-history-tables.The first appoach was to execute a REORG DISCARD to remove old data from the two tables. This is not possible, because the DISCARD OPTION is not applicable for catalog or director...
7 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Future consideration

increase the zIIP part of the REORG ONLINE

We would like IBM to be able to increase the zIIP part of the REORG ONLINE phases in order to benefit from lower consumption on the invoiced processors.
7 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add Ability to Invoke IDCAMS from within DSNUTILB

Add something like "IDCAMS" DB2 utility to be able to manipulate with z/OS datasets taking advantage of LISTDEF and TEMPLATE for the DSN, etc.
8 months ago in Db2 Utilities Suite for z/OS 1 Not under consideration